A Jewish dreidel is a toy related with
the Hanukkah Jewish joliday. On each side of the 4 side of the dreidel
there is a Hebrew letter, which are an acrostic for the Hebrew phrase
meaning "A Great Miracle Happened There." The letters are – Gimmel, Peh,
Nun, Heh (see image)

The Dreidel gameThe dreidel game is a game played by children in Hanukkah.Each one of the dreidel game players puts something in the pot in the muddle (the dreidel game can be played with pieces of candy).One of the players spins the dreidel, Taking or giving in more to the pot, according to the dreidel letter comes up.In the dreidel game, the dreidel letters stand for Yiddish words.

Dreidel letter – GimelHebrew letter Gimmel stands for great or big (gadol in Hebrew). In the dreidel game -for the Dreidel spinner it means 'gantz' in Yiddish means everything. The player takes the whole pot to himself J

Dreidel letter HehHebrew letter Heh stands for it was or it happened (hayah in Hebrew). It also means 'halb' or 'half' . In the dreidel game - the dreidel spinner in the game gets the half of what is in the pot.

Hebrew letter ShinThe Hebrew letter Shin does not appears in the Dreidels made outside Israel (In Israel Peh comes instead the letter shin in the Dreidel) . It stands for the word there (Sham in Hebrew). In the game it means 'put in' (Shtel in Yiddish). The Dreidel spinner put one of his pieces into the pot.

Dreidel letter – PehDreidels made in Israel (like the above image) use the letter peh stands for 'here' (po in Hebrew) to signify that the Hanukkah miracle happened in Israel. In the game it counts as shin.